Bird: And Other Writings
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Bird - Susan Hawthorne
Mouths.
Other books by Susan Hawthorne
Fiction
The Falling Woman (1992)
Poetry
The Language in My Tongue
, in Four New Poets (1993)
Non-fiction
The Spinifex Quiz Book (1993)
Anthologies (poetry, fiction, drama)
Difference (1985)
Moments of Desire (with Jenny Pausacker, 1989)
The Exploding Frangipani (with Cathie Dunsford, 1990)
Angels of Power (with Renate Klein, 1991)
Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love (with Cathie Dunsford and Susan Sayer, 1997)
Anthologies (non-fiction)
Australia for Women (with Renate Klein, 1994)
CyberFeminism (with Renate Klein, 1999)
Bird and Other Writings on Epilepsy
Susan Hawthorne
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Hawthorne, Susan, 1951–
Bird and other writings on epilepsy
ISBN 978-1-74219-271-0 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 978-1-74219-401-1 (ePub Format)
ISBN 1 875559 88 4
1. Epilepsy—Poetry. I. Title.
A821.3
For the friends who’ve sat with me.
Contents
BIRD
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I want to be a bird. I know that sounds silly,
but it’s a metaphor. When I say I want to be
a bird, what I mean is that I want to be
a trapeze artist. Fly through the air, spin and twirl
and catch on to the bar again.
I know I could do it. I can swing from my legs,
I can hang upside down for hours—well almost.
I can stand on my hands and my head
I’m learning how to do somersaults in the air.
My teacher